Trolling Al Qaeda... For Peace?

The Mister Purple writes "There is a small initiative underway to combat Islamic militant recruiting on the Internet... by trolling them. Quoting the article: 'The program, called Viral Peace, seeks to occupy the virtual space that extremists fill, one thread or Twitter exchange at a time. Shahed Amanullah, a senior technology adviser to the State Department and Viral Peace's creator, tells Danger Room he wants to use "logic, humor, satire, [and] religious arguments, not just to confront [extremists], but to undermine and demoralize them." Think of it as strategic trolling, in pursuit of geopolitical pwnage.' So, does this mean that I'm promoting peace when I post YouTube comments?"

Finally!

[54mc]

My skills will be put to use!

Religious Cartoons

[bugs2squash]

They always go down well

Re:Slashdot's reallyghone down hill....

[Antipater]

That's nothing compared to the experience I had with MyCleanPC.

Re:Finally!

[Anonymous Coward]

The first time "Troll" and "Insightful" are valid on-topic moderations!

Re:Right

[amicusNYCL]

It's not designed to work on the nuts

NUT ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE NUTS!

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Re:Right

[russotto]

It's not designed to work on the nuts, it's designed to work on the ones the nuts are trying to recruit.

Right... the nuts are working on stirring up the mark's religious fervor, and inserting "Penis" in the middle of the conversation sort of ruins the mood.

how can I help?

[Charliemopps]

I'm all for this. But I don't speak Hebrew... that's what they speak right? Anyway, any English speaking Mohammedans that have a forum?

Re:Right

[Anonymous Coward]

"inserting penis" never seems to ruin the mood for me ;-)

Re:Right

[hoggoth]

Are you still touching me?

Logic? Religion?

[lannocc]

Logic AND religious arguments? So which side are supposed to be the nut-jobs here?

Re:The Muzzies are coming!

[siddesu]

Apparently, it was a one-time device and not intended for repeated use.

Re:The Muzzies are coming!

[Farmer Tim]

Extremists: taking planned obsolescence one step too far.

Re:Finally!

[Centurix]

Troll + Insightful = Funny

That's how the palette of Slashdot mod points work.

Re:Right

[Nyder]

It's not designed to work on the nuts, it's designed to work on the ones the nuts are trying to recruit.

Right... the nuts are working on stirring up the mark's religious fervor, and inserting "Penis" in the middle of the conversation sort of ruins the mood.

or vagina